Archive - 2014

December 15th

December 15, 2014

Today, December 15, Richard Fergeson State Farm will host a Night With Santa event from 4:30-6 p.m.
The public is invited to attend and enjoy free hot chocolate and cookies and take a free photo with Santa. Photos will be printed and given to the families.
Mustang Youth Basketball will hold signups at Rolling Plains Hospitalâs conference room (located at the front of the hospital) for the 2015 league from 5:30-7:30 p.m. There will be no late registrations this year.

December 15, 2014

Today will be sunny with a high near 62. Winds will be from the west-northwest at 5 to 15 mph.
Expect mostly clear skies tonight, with a low around 36 and north-northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph.
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December 13, 2014

Mustang Youth Basketball will hold signups for 2015 league play on Monday, Dec. 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospitalâs conference room, which is located in front of the hospital. Children must be in grades 3-6 to be eligible. Please bring the childâs birth certificate and $30 registration fee. There will be no late registrations.

December 13, 2014

Popular Sweetwater eatery Buck's Steaks & Bar-B-Que began work this past week on what will be its second major expansion in under two years.
This time, the restaurant â located at 103 SW Georgia Avenue â will be adding on to its bar and dance floor area, which will more than quadruple the establishment's current tap room occupancy.
Since the completion of the first expansion â which added a room that was partitioned off from the restaurant to accommodate drinking patrons â manager Mike Buckner said business has been booming.

December 13, 2014

Mary Morris, a Sweetwater High School student, was the winner of a $500 shopping spree sponsored by the Woman's Forum. Her family recently moved to Sweetwater. He father is the new principal of Sweetwater High School, Dr. Ron Morris and her mother is a teacher at Sweetwater Intermediate School, Tammy Morris. Holding the winning ticket is Lita McEachern, chairperson of the Woman's Forum holiday give away. Also shown are Gayle Greer (far left), Woman's Forum member and Taylor Horn (center) who drew the winning ticket at the Sweetwater Craft Show last Sunday.

December 13, 2014

All are invited to enjoy some Christmas spirit and attend the Sweetwater Municipal Bandâs Christmas concert Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Auditorium.
Band Director Billy Weems said the band and its sub-elements like the Mistletoe Brass will play mostly traditional, upbeat Big Band songs, including âSilver Bells,â âWinter Wonderland,â Let it Snow,â Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,â This Christmas,â and âMerry Christmas Darling.

December 13, 2014

Betty Lou Rose Wortham, 78, passed away on Dec. 11, 2014, after an extended illness. She had been under the care of Sweetwater Healthcare Center, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital and Hendricks Hospice in Sweetwater. Her family will hold a private service this week, and a public memorial service and celebration of life will be announced in January 2015.